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Health Benefits of Integrated Pest Management in Schools

The following documents describe the health case for School IPM. They are designed to be easily accessible to both the general public and school administrators. They describe what IPM is, and then summarize currently available research pointing to how pest control via IPM makes for a healthier school environment. The fact sheet is a distillation of the information in the brochure.

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Making Pests a Thing of the Past Integrated Pest Management for Healthier Schools and Students (PDF)(2 pp, 700 K)
Preventing Pests for Healthier Schools The Health Case for Integrated Pest Management (PDF)(12 pp, 2 MB)